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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal High School girls soccer team celebrated its seniors and wrapped up an undefeated run through the North Central Missouri Conference with a 9-1 victory over Marshall on Thursday night at Veterans Field. Abbie Martin and Malia Stolte had three goals each, and Stolte added an assist. Ashley Davis and Kegan…
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SHELBINA, Mo. — The Palmyra baseball team took advantage of 15 walks and 10 hits to score 22 runs in a 22-0 victory over South Shelby on Thursday afternoon. Palmyra (11-9) finished Clarence Cannon Conference play with a 5-1 record. It plays twice on Friday — at 4 p.m. against Marceline and at 8 p.m.…
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AUGUSTA, Ill. — Abram Wiewel hit his 12th home run of the season and freshman Reese Schertel hurled a complete game two-hitter for his first varsity victory as the Quincy Notre Dame baseball team cruised to a 12-2 victory over Southeastern in five innings on Wednesday. Wiewel also drove in four runs for the Raiders (17-7).…
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Lawson escapes fifth-inning jam, Brown tosses two scoreless innings in relief in 4-3 victory for QHS
STERLING, Ill. — The Quincy High School baseball team escaped a jam in the fifth inning, and reliever Nick Brown threw two scoreless innings of relief to preserve a 4-3 victory over Sterling on Wednesday afternoon in a Western Big 6 Conference game. An error and two singles scored a run for Sterling in the…
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PAYSON, Ill. — Lane Barker beat the throw home on a ground ball to second base and scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Payson Seymour baseball team captured an 8-7 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Isiah Brass set down Central (7-16) in order in the top of the eighth.…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Palmyra boys golf team captured the Clarence Cannon Conference championship on Wednesday at Norwoods Golf Course. The Panthers recorded a score of 318 to outpace South Shelby by 11 strokes. Centralia finished third at 333, and Monroe City was fourth at 350. Macon’s Hagan Ritter was the medalist, shooting a 74.…
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MARION, Ill. — A two-run single by JD Ortiz in the top of the fourth inning put the Quincy University baseball team ahead for good, and Tom Conzemius continued his recent run of dominant relief pitching to help the Quincy University baseball team win its opener 7-3 over Maryville in the Great Lakes Valley Conference…
Read Full Article PAYSON, Ill. — Megan Kirby shined at the plate and Bryn Buescher starred in the pitcher’s circle for the Payson Seymour softball team on Tuesday. Kirby hit two home runs, and Buescher tossed a four-hit shutout in a 4-0 victory over Illini West. Buescher, a senior right-hander, completed all seven innings on just 66 pitches,…
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KAHOKA, Mo. — The Hannibal baseball team let Clark County back in the game, but quality at-bats combined with timely pitching in the final inning gave the Pirates the cushion they needed to defeat the Indians 15-11 on Tuesday. The Pirates led 12-6 entering the bottom of the sixth. The Indians scored five runs with…
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CANTON, Mo. — Four bases-loaded walks in the bottom of the sixth inning helped the Canton baseball team erase a two-run deficit and come from behind to defeat Central 7-5 on Tuesday afternoon. Bleu Taylor sealed the victory for the Tigers, retiring the Panthers in order in the top of the seventh. The victory was…
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QUINCY — Caitlin Bunte homered to center field to lead off the bottom of the first inning for the Quincy Notre Dame softball team, which went on to post a 16-1 victory over Southeastern on Tuesday afternoon at the Backyard. The victory enables the Raiders (20-4) to reach the 20-victory plateau for the sixth consecutive…
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Here is the area scoreboard for Tuesday, May 6: Prep baseball Prep softball Girls soccer
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QUINCY — Quincy University outfielder Matt Mateo and pitcher Roman Harrison were first-team all-Great Lakes Valley Conference selections, announced by the league on Tuesday. Outfielder Ben Dahlof and pitcher Kobe Essien earned honorable mention honors. Mateo, a junior from Kissimmee, Fla., led the team in hits (65), home runs (14), triples (3), runs (57), total…
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ROLLA, Mo. — A Quincy (Ill.) Notre Dame graduate and a Hannibal High School graduate earned honors from the Great Lakes Valley Conference when it announced its baseball awards on the eve of its postseason tournament. Jake Schisler, a sophomore from Quincy, earned a spot on the All-GLVC second team. Schisler ended the regular season…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The Illini West baseball team’s lineup has no easy outs, and Monday’s game against Pittsfield provided the most recent evidence. The bottom three in the Chargers’ order — Ethan Carlisle, Carson Purdy and Grady Blue — went a combined 8 for 10 with five RBIs and scored four runs in a 10-4…
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PLEASANT HILL, Ill. — Ava Wombles scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the fifth inning to break a 1-1 tie and give Pleasant Hill a 2-1 victory over Liberty in high school girls softball action. Lyla Higgins walked and Wombles singled to lead off the bottom of the fifth. Makenna Winchell hit…
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QUINCY — The close game woes continue to plague the Quincy High School baseball team. The Blue Devils got the tying run on base in the bottom of the seventh inning against Sterling on Monday, but they were unable to cash it in as they suffered a 3-2 Western Big 6 Conference loss. They now…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Malia Stolte and Abbie Martin each scored twice for the Hannibal girls soccer team in an 8-0 victory over Fulton on Monday afternoon in a North Central Missouri Conference game at Veterans Field. The Pirates (16-4) are undefeated after nine games in conference play, and they have won six consecutive games. They…
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Quincy University pitcher Kade Ruffner was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference’s pitcher of the week for the week of April 28, the final week of the regular season. Ruffner had the best outing of his career on Saturday, May 3, at Truman State, shutting out the Bulldogs for seven innings to…
Read Full Article Here is the area scoreboard for Monday, May 5: Prep baseball Prep softball Girls soccer
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QUINCY — Quincy University football coach Jason Killday has three new assistant coaches on his staff, and one of them is the son of an NFL Hall of Fame quarterback. Kade Warner will be the Hawks’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He spent the past two seasons as the offensive coordinator at Maricopa Community College…
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FAYETTE, Mo. — Drew Mallett repeated as the winner in the men’s decathlon and Delaney Straus repeated as the winner of the women’s heptathlon at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at Central Methodist University. The Culver-Stockton College men’s track and field team recorded 40 team…
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QUINCY — Caitlin Bunte had seven hits in eight at-bats, including three home runs, and drove in 10 runs during the Quincy Notre Dame softball team’s 17-2 and 15-4 victories over Alton Marquette on Saturday at the Backyard. Bunte went 4 for 4 with two home runs, four runs scored and five RBIs in the…
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — The Quincy University baseball team earned its 14th consecutive bid to the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament after sweeping a doubleheader from Truman State on Saturday by scores of 6-3 and 6-0. Quincy will be one of eight teams at the GLVC Tournament at Mtn. Dew Park in Marion, Ill., from May 7-10.…
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CAMDENTON, Mo. — The Hannibal girls soccer team won three games at the Camdenton Tournament, defeating West Plains 9-1, Father Tolton 6-0 and Rolla 6-1 to improve its record to 15-4 and stretch its winning streak to five games. Abbie Martin and Malia Stolte both had three goals in Friday’s victory over West Plains, and…
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CANTON, Mo. — One softball player and two baseball players from Culver-Stockton College recently earned recognition on all-Heart of America Athletic Conference teams. First baseman Tristan Meny and catcher Bryan Barreto both earned honorable mention accolades. Meny was named honorable mention for the second straight season, while Barreto was recognized for the first time. Meny, a senior from Columbia,…
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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — Jerron Baker’s second-place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 14.37 meters was the best finish for the Quincy University track and field teams at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships on May 2-3. The Quincy men’s team finished tied for 11th place with 16 points. Landon Sprous reached the 110-meter hurdles…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Persistence with two outs paid off for the Hannibal baseball team against Palmyra on Friday. The Pirates scored three runs with two outs in the bottom of the fourth after the first two batters of the innings were retired, and their pitching held the Panthers at bay over the final three innings…
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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — The Brown County baseball team has rounded back into form, and the depth of the Hornets’ lineup continues to be a reason why. After back-to-back losses to Greenfield/Northwestern and Winchester West Central on Monday and Tuesday, the Hornets have won three games in three days by a combined 21 runs, the…
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OZARK, Mo. — The Culver-Stockton College baseball team made two errors in the first three innings, leading to five unearned runs in an 11-5 loss in its elimination game with Mount Mercy University on Friday afternoon at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament. The loss ends the Wildcats’ season with a 21-25 record. After…
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